Catalans shout 'not afraid' after minute of silence over attacks

A crowd in Barcelona's main square defiantly shouted "not afraid" Friday following a minute's silence attended by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and King Felipe VI, held for the victims of a double vehicle attack.

18.08.2017

(AFP) A crowd in Barcelona's main square defiantly shouted in Catalan
"No tinc por" (not afraid)
Friday following a minute's silence attended by Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy and King Felipe VI, held for the victims of a double
vehicle attack.

Standing silent in the Plaza de Catalunya, Rajoy joined the king and
Carles Puigdemont, the president of the Catalonia region where Barcelona
is located, in mourning the victims of attacks that left 13 dead and
more than 100 injured.

At loggerheads as the separatist Catalan government attempts to break
away from Spain, Rajoy and Puigdemont put their differences aside as
they held the minute of silence in the square near the scene of the
Barcelona attack.

Just after, crowds at the square broke out in loud applause, shouting "I'm not afraid."

Spain is reeling from a double attack on Thursday and Friday that saw
drivers in Barcelona and another seaside town,, Cambrils, plough into
pedestrians.

Police said they killed five "suspected terrorists" during the night
and three others were arrested, although the driver of the van in
Barcelona remains at large.